"Not everyone's life will be a great love story."

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Source : Scott Hutchins (2012). “A Working Theory of Love: A Novel”, p.9, Penguin

Scott Hutchins

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“Behold, for years and generations, the way of God has been leveled by the cross and by death. How is this with thee, that thou seest the afflictions of the way as if they were out of the way? Doest not thou wish to follow the steps of the saints? Or doest thou wish to go a way which is especially for thee, without suffering? the way unto God is a daily cross. No one can ascend unto heaven with comfort, we know where the way of comfort leads.”
“I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons.”
“There were moments when I felt seriously unhinged; when I was convinced that I would never, ever recover from what had happened, when it was absolutely clear to me that life from this point on would be constant agony.”

Source : Douglas Kennedy (2009). “Leaving the World”, p.355, Random House
“My mom and I have always had issues.”
“I want us to be a connected team-on and off the field.”
“Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think it's deeply important for us to know, especially when we come from the outside, how "ordinary people" think and feel and what their expectations are and what their concerns are. Also what's in their imaginations, what's in their minds, even what their rumors are and what their gossip is.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The first thing we need to do is realize that some of our old beliefs are dysfunctional and no longer work, if indeed they ever did. If the desire to do that isn't there, there's nothing to do.”

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